Does your standup have any retro stuff in it Pete? I've seen a youtube vid that didn't.

I don't think I've ever touched upon retrogaming in my stand-up. Maybe a few asides when I've been a compere, none of which I can remember now, but, no. My natural stand-up centres around online pr0n and awful politicians. The character act I'm doing to support Laura's show has a bit of politics in it, then lots of jokes about bad sex and Britain's drinking culture.

To do stuff on old computer games in front of an audience where there'll be anyone from the ages of 18 to 70 is a bit of a gamble. I'd love to, but it's nice to have strong reference points. This is why I'm looking forward to launching my YouTube channel, where I'll be doing some quick gags about the games I'm playing, little throwaway sketches and daft observations.

West midlands based Freddie Farrell used to do a few bits about the Sega and Nintendo consoles, IIRC.

This took place last night and was utterly fantastic. I had never seen the show in full before...

The ZX Spectrum dominated it, and there were mentions of Daley Thompson's Decathlon; A Day In The Life; Highlander; Manic Miner; and the dreaded Paradise Cafe, among many others. It's accessible enough to be highly amusing to non-gamers and yet ticks all the boxes for folk like us.

I wasn't sure at first but seeing those pics it looks really good. Let me know if she tours further north!

The next scheduled show is, um, Cheltenham in Gloucestershire (yeah, not exactly further north, quite the opposite).

Although this looks to be even better, as it's a full-on retrogaming comedy show (other comedians on the subject of old games) right next to some classic coin-op machines. I'm hoping to be there, just as a punter. Friday 12th January...